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India: Emergency Ambulance Service Set to Roll Out

Mumbai: Health minister Suresh Shetty has called for a meeting on September 6 Friday to discuss the health care scheme where an individual who dials the emergency number 108 will be attended by a medical team in a well-equipped ambulance.
"The minister has called for a review of the entire project on September 6 Friday. We plan to begin the scheme by this month-end," a senior state official said.
Under the scheme, Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services (MEMS), a total of 937 ambulances across the state will provide pre-hospital emergency services. While the National Rural Health Mission will provide 690 ambulances for rural parts of Maharas

India: Now, mini ICU-like Ambulances to Serve Patients

BHOPAL: In a major initiative to improve health scenario of Madhya Pradesh, chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will unveil special ambulances on September 11. These ambulances are set to provide mini ICU-like service to patients.
At present, there are only three special ambulances in Madhya Pradesh, which are in private sector. For the first time, such ambulances are being introduced in public sector. It will be significant expansion of 108 service for taking patients to hospitals in emergencies. Each ambulance will be having a ventilator, oxygen facility, blood infusion, lifesaving drugs, necessary equipments for heart patients and cont

India: Efforts On to Reduce Deaths Among Pregnant Women

Hyderabad: In India 56,000 pregnant woman die due to complications every year or a shocking one every 10 minutes, according to available statistics. What are the main reasons for this high death rate?
According to the findings of a pilot project, women die due to delay in seeking care, during transfer to a health centre with better facilities, inability of health centre to provide services due to lack of blood storage, skilled health professionals or availability of drugs.
The project under the Maternal Death Review Programme was implemented in 2 districts of Rajasthan; Sikar and Jhunjunu. The unique initiative has been launched by the Fede

India: 108 Completes 5 Years of Relentless Service

Chennai: Its 5 years of journey completed on September 15. GVK EMRI that operates 108 Ambulance service partnering with Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project saved over 1 lakh lives that were reported critical, across the state. Over all, the service has touched the lives of over 23 lakh people in Tamil Nadu so far.
Any patient, who fits a certain criteria including abnormal vital parameters and survives after 48 hours of initial emergency treatment can be considered critical, said an official of EMRI.
Be it a labourer in Palladam near Tirupur, who survived a bus accident even after a side railing pierced through his chest or a family of four t

India: 24x7 Free Ambulance Service for Road Accidents

Dimapur: Altrura Society, Chumukedima started its free ambulance service fulltime on September 14. In view of increasing road accidents in Nagaland, the society officially launched the ambulance service on July 6 with Parliamentary Secretary for Urban Development Zhaleo Rio. A press release received here informed that with regard to the ambulance service, the society members also had special training on first-aid at Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR), Dimapur.
Altrura Society’s president Megosielie Kruse on September 14 said that the free ambulance service for road accidents will cover areas from Medziphema jur